Faculty Development Workstation

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Contact us: lrc-reservations@umich.edu. 936-2233

• Need Help?
• Where are we located?
• Reserving a Station
• Equipment
• Additional Resources
• Questions About Copyrights and Educational Fair Use?

Did you know?

The Medical School Learning Resource Center offers Faculty Multimedia Development Stations, specifically designed to help faculty create electronic documents and images for use in lecture, publication, and on-line learning.

What’s available?

You may use either the Dell PC or the Macintosh G4 to accomplish a wide range of tasks ranging from making CDs and DVDs to video editing and scanning. Currently, one of the most popular uses of the station is to scan existing slides, negative or hard copy images, and then convert them to a digital format, which can be used in PowerPoint presentations or other software. Please refer to the information below to become acquainted with the hardware and software that is available to you.

Mac G4, 17 inch LCD, Scanners, Color and Laser Printers

Computer Consultants Available

Dell PC, 17 inch LCD, Scanners
Color and Laser Printers

Need Help?

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Would you like to use these things but don’t know how? Experienced staff of the LRC can:

• Assist you on a project by answering questions related to design, graphics, technical issues, etc.
• Provide you input/advice.
• Demonstrate uses of the equipment and software.

There is NO COST for any of these consultations or services. You can request a consultant when you reserve a station (see request a station below)

Where are we located?

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The Faculty Multimedia Development Station is located on the 3rd floor of the Taubman Medical Library in room 3908.

Reserving a Station

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To reserve a station as well as a staff member to assist you, you may call 936-2233 during regular office hours (Monday through Friday 8 AM- 5PM) and speak to a scheduling assistant. You can also email lrc-reservations@umich.edu. Special hours may be arranged upon request.

Equipment

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Available Hardware includes:
Dell Pentium PC w/17 monitor
Macintosh G4 w/17 monitor
Zip and Floppy Drives
Color HP Laser Printer
Color Epson Inkjet Printers
Flatbet and 35mm Scanners
CD and DVD Burners
Color TV
VCR
Analog to digital video converter
External Audio Speakers

Available Software includes:
Photoshop
Illustrator
PageMaker
iMovie
iDVD
Toast
Windows Movie Maker
Video Vegas
Cleaner
Roxio Easy CD Creator
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Acrobat Professional/Distiller
Cuneiform OCR
Dreamweaver
Flash

Scan color or black and white hardcopy or transparencies with up to 1200 lines of resolution. Maximum document size: 12 in x 17 in.

Analog VHS to Digital or convert Digital to Analog VHS with PC or MAC

Scan 35mm slides or negatives with up to 2700 lines of resolution

Additional Resources

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Visit the LRC "How To" page for basic questions on burning cd’s, copying files, PowerPoint, etc.
http://www.med.umihc.edu/lrc/howtos/

Free Workshops
The Learning Resource Center, in collaboration with the Taubman Medical Library, the Faculty Exploratory and the Media Union, regularly conduct free workshops for Medical School students, faculty and staff. For more information, please contact John Westfall (jbwest@umich.edu / 763-6770).

Software Design
Professional Software design and programming staff are available to assist faculty in developing computer technology for medical education. Faculty with ideas about how to incorporate this technology into their teaching can meet with the LRC staff to discuss their options. A range of services are available: from consultation on computer basics to complete multimedia program production. Please Contact Chris Chapman (chapmanc@umich.edu / 763-6770).

Questions about copyrights and educational fair use?

Many people use the University of Michigan's own copyright web site. It contains information about University policies, general educational copyright issues and other useful links.